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P. o. KING. COMBINATION TOOL FOR GARPENTBRS.

110.803.861. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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WITNESSES I INVENTOR 6, -l .l/717.2] d .c/V3 1 3Y ATTORNEYS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,861, dated August19, 1884.

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To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FEDER O. KING, of Valley City, in the county ofBarnes and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new andImproved,Combination-Tool for Carpenters and others, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention consists in certain combinations of adjustable andinterchangeable parts or devices which will produce a combined A squareand bevel, and, among other uses, will give the angles and lengths ofall kinds of braces, may be used as a rule, and otherwise be transformedor adjusted, in a convenient and rapid manner, -from one tool toanother, and be variouslyvutilized for earpenters and other like work,-all as hereinafter fully de' scribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying. drawings, forming part ofthis speeiiieation, in which similar letters ot' reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l represents a face view of asquare, and rule or yard measure,as'combined and attached by adjustable screw-connections for giving theangle and length of diiierent kinds of rafters and braces, and themembers of which may be used as a rule, square, or square and bevelcombined. Fig. 2 is a face view of the rule, with a head attachmentforutilization as a T-square; and Fig. 3, an edge view of the same whenfitted to work as a g'age. Fig. 4 represents a face view of the tool foruse as a bevel and as a plumb or leveling instrument.` Fig. 5 representsa square detached, also for use as a plumb, and Fig. 6 the ruledetached, likewise used as a plumb. Fig. 7 is an edge view ofthe rule,with its screw-eonnections, for use as a beanrcompass.

A indicates an iron or steel square, with longitudinal dovetail groovesa a in the faces of its arms, to receive sliding screws.

Bis a thirty-siX-ineh rule, also made of iron or steel, and having alongitudinal slot, b, through its face for the slidingserews orscrewconnectionss s to work in or through, said slot extending to withintwo inches of one end of the rule andto within five inches at the otherend thereof. The Aone side or face of this rule is divided into inches,with subdi visions into twelfths, and the other side or face is to havelumber-measurements indi-1 eating twelve, fourteen, sixteen, andeighteen feet or other lengths. The adjustable or slid# ing screwdevices s's are each constructed with a dovetail head, s, and to formpointers or scribers. v v

D is a head-piece of wood that may beslid onto the one'end of the rule Band be secured thereon by, oneot ythe set-screw devieess, to make aTsquare,as shown in Fig. 2, orsaid square may also be used as a gage, bylikewise fitting the rule with a grooved sliding metal block, E,attached to the long arm ot' the square or rule by one of the set-screwdevices s, and provided with a metal pin, d, as shown in Fig. 3.

The metal square A is divided on its face as shown in Fig. '1, and whensaid square, rule B, and set-screw adjustable devices ss are combined,as shown in said figure, the tool may be used for giving the angle andlength of different kinds of rafters and braces, and will be found veryvaluable for this purpose,as it will indicate exactly the length, andgive the angle on both ends, of the .lumber to be framed. The piece orruleBcanbe readily taken off and put on as required, and after once setit will be held firmly by the set-screw devices s s, thereby preventingmistakes being made as to the angles, and lengths of the rafters andbraces. Such combination will also be found convenient for makingstair-stringers, and the same can Vbe set and used very rapidly for thepurpose. Any carpenter can adj ustvthe tool for such purposes.

When the tool is to be used for leveling, as shown in Fig. 4, uprightsor supports F F, arrangedveither to screw into the ruleB or to passaround it and be fastened with a screw on the top, may be used, or saiduprights may be altogether dispensed with.

To level with the tool as the parts are ar-v ranged in Fig. 4, astring,e, having suspended to it a weight, G, is inserted in a slit, f, nearwhere the two limbs of the square A meet. The longer limb of said squarehas also a slit, f,'in its end,for attachment of said string with itsweight Gr, when using the square asa plumb, as shown inFig. 5.

The ruleB has on its side marked for lumber measure a visible centermark, also marks IOO on iis nnderedge7 when arranged asin Fig. 4t, togive a line-point tor theweighted string. The opposite side of thesquare A to that shown in Fig. 1L-that is, the grooved sidethereof-mayhave angle-marks to set the rule- Vpiece B and bring ithorizontal. The yard measure or .rule B may also be used as a plumb byattaching the string e, having the weight (i, as shown in Figo.

y using the serew devices s s, with their attached seri bers,i neonneetion with the rnleB, as shown in Fig. 7, ihen the tool inay beused as a beam-compass. The square A and rule lf3 eonibined also inakeot' thetool alarge bevelsqnare, and the rule B inay be detached and usedas a yard or other measure.

'When the tool is used siinply as a square, the rule B will be foundVery convenient in holding up the one As a give long angles on the onthe edge of the piece to be worked. bevel-sruiare it will work.

\Vhen using the tool to niark stair-stringers with, it will. bebotlreonvenient and rapid, inasinneh as, alter :it has been set7 it willnot be necessary to examine' the numbers on the side oi' the squareplaeed `Patent, is.

As an improved artiele of inanulaeture, a earpenters tooleonsistingot'thelongitndinat ly-slotted rule B, provided with aperturesfor receiving pins of supportiiig-standards, and the dovetailfgroovedsquare A, provided with slits, as shown, for the reception ol' aplumblille7 the said rule and square being adjnstably seenred togetherby elainpingserews s s. as set forth.

l lfl Dlillr. O. l( ING Witnesses: B. O. L'UND,

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